Emergency management of the trauma patient
Subtitle: cases, algorithms, evidence
By: Mark Bisanzo, Michael R. Filbin, Kriti Bhatia.
Contributors: Filbin, Michael R.; Bhatia, Kriti.
Series: Emergency management series; Emergency management series (Baltimore, Md.)
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Published: 2007
Place of publication: Philadelphia
Language: eng
Number of pages: 180
ISBN-13: 9781405104876
Subjects: Emergency medicine -- Case studies.; Emergency medical services -- Case studies.; Wounds and injuries -- Treatment -- Case studies.; Emergency Medical Services -- methods -- Case Reports.; Wounds and Injuries -- therapy -- Case Reports.
Genres: Case studies.; Case Reports.
Notes: Includes index.

"Includes pocket-sized card with algorithms for quick reference of protocols"--P. [ii].
Table of contents: title: Trauma code; title: Trauma airway; title: Traumatic shock and arrest; title: Head injury; title: Penetrating neck injury; title: Cervical, thoracic and lumbar spine injuries; title: Blunt thoracic injury; title: Blunt abdominal trauma; title: Aortic injury; title: Pelvic fractures; title: Genitourinary trauma; title: Penetrating thoracic trauma; title: Penetrating abdominal and back trauma; title: Maxillofacial trauma; title: Penetrating extremity injury; title: Orthopedic emergencies; title: Burn injury; title: Trauma in pregnancy; title: Pediatric trauma.